A patient with suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is being admitted to the unit. The nurse would expect what diagnostic test to be ordered for this patient?
A) Cerebral angiography
B) Arterial blood gas analysis
C) CT scan
D) Lumbar puncture
Ans: D
Feedback: Recent detection of a polyclonal antibody (protein 14-3-3) in CSF has enabled the diagnosis of CJD. A CT scan is used to rule out disorders that may mimic the symptoms of CJD. Arterial blood gases would not be necessary until the later stages of CJD; they would not be utilized as a diagnostic test. Cerebral angiography is not diagnostic of CJD.
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